Work through the task
The /unattended Skill
Advance an agreed objective while you are away, within time and usage limits.
Read the agent instructions ↗On this page
When to use it
You will be away from the keyboard and want useful work to continue.
Try it with your agent
/unattended Work on the agreed bug fix for two hours, with a 10 percentage-point allowance. Keep production changes out of scope.What you get
- Persistent plan, state, guard, journal, and evidence files.
- A live and final REPORT.html with progress and decisions for the user.
Requirements and boundaries
- A clear objective and permission boundary.
- A duration or end time; the default is two hours.
- A whole-number allowance from 1 to 100 percentage points; the default is 10.
- Python 3 for the bundled run guard.
The agent echoes the objective, end time, timezone, allowance, provider, and permission boundary before starting. Readiness gaps do not cancel the window.
At most two independent workstreams run at once. Account-wide usage includes other sessions; an in-flight operation may overshoot the allowance.
The default external ceiling permits feature-branch pushes, PR creation or updates, and CI. Merge, production, tracker writes, purchases, messages, and new resources need explicit authorization.
Runs are stored under ~/.unattended-runs/<repo>/<run-id>/. Reaching the allowance boundary does not extend the end time.
The complete package includes readiness and loop instructions, a guard script, templates, and tests.
Install with the official skills CLI. Version 1.7.0 requires Node.js 22.20.0 or later, npm/npx, Git, and network access. The command pins this catalogue’s source branch to master; @latest may change CLI requirements.
Installation defaults to the current project. The CLI lets you select agents and symlink or copy files; add --global only when you want a user-wide installation. Update with npx skills update. Review local changes before updating; this catalogue does not provide a backup guarantee.
Install unattended
Choose your agent, then run the command in your terminal. Read the installation guide for package setup and update notes.
npx skills@latest add https://github.com/MrCoder/mrcoder.github.io/tree/master --skill unattended